Lots of other modern dyes are quite poisonous as well, and are not banned even for things like toys, or foodware. Lead oxide for example only got banned in the

Lots of other modern dyes are quite poisonous as well, and are not banned even for things like toys, or foodware. Lead oxide for example only got banned in the most of the world in 200X, with countries copying EU's ROHS regulations. Chromates are well known to be cancerogenic, but are only about to be banned in EU. All bright red cars manufactured after nineties have to use organic red pigments, which fade very fast, in comparison to chromate or lead pigments, that's why there is such huge monetary interest in finding a new inorganic bright red pigment.